The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19
MRS. BRooxs,s STRANGE STORY:
She Goes to Colorado to Obtain . T.egac
and Says that she WINS Kidnapped.

MRS. BRooKSs STRANGE sToRK
she Coos to Colorado to Obtain . Legacy
and Says that she WINS Kidnapped.
From TIE Chicago Herald.
For eight months Albert Brooks, re-
county. Michigan. has been tortured with
doubts and fears as to the whereabouts OF his
se Mrs. BsSHs .org 81 nsp
aHa The most
and IL ved 81 vss e
remembered that she often spoke OF man in
S sv 6n bs oSe whp sss ss ro
parents compssd her 70 ressiSe Mr. Broets
81 The Couple 0Sasa rs
ssy SsY hs h. sa a her Ses
had left f her $1,000 ~ Obtain this legacy she
s had
h who had 5Ss Up snS had hs ss q
part Of the money due. but had 30 far been
Ro e. s Sister &
In Colorado went to Denver. intending to
visit he, sister. To- her w. assao onhI
Was W. sue anabis 10 ind Hrs. Brooks ahere. nor nor
could she discover where En- che p had gone ne, She
failure to End i his Wife NJ Brooks Immediate.
~ started for Colorado. but was entirely un-
BrSef e nsF Seh v.s
ssaae zps
q in Colorado or California Is not known. as
age was found to contain letters and private
sorrespondense Of Mrs. Brooks extending over
and were from her children and other friends,
relating almost entirely to family matters at
package should have been, sent to him, but q
place the pack age in safe keeping until Re had
posai. Ali 81 these, letters had boon directed
day Mr. Brooks received letter which be be-
RsS e nRs aits By The
ceived under cover for mailing from Califor-
ni In this Letter which aS h WHOLE L. an
that when she left home she engaged tho ser-
vices Of an attorney in Indiana. who accom-
sf to Ssa s n Ss s0 ssss Ssa
receiving this amount she was pursued by
the attorney, who wanted her to sign
This she positively refused to do. but in order
to compel her she had been taken. she wrote.
to
thumbs. That in consequence Of t6is treat
" deranced. She had made ruthless spdea-
70 aad this letter che would give I'VE
ward i to NJ Brooks. and Received. she
begged he would take immediate steps to find
money and nut the whole matter into the
hands Of a, competent detective. He fears that
1 3 h sSs 5 sh fs'P 81. Mss SSt
despite her failure to write him for several
months. which she was corresponding with
other members OF tho family.
THE DENVER END OF THE STORY.
Prom the Omaha Herald.
The despatch sent from Vassar, Mich. about
Mrs. Albert Brooks having come to Denver to
take possession Of large property. and who Is
secured u part Of her fortune and Who WI de-
manded the rest, was Investigated BY your cor;
fss Hawes who
Brooks came 70 D ss last sspte%Ssr: On her
eSio. Mrs. Brooks went to tho Scandal House,
where she worked for . while, then went to
% % 81 Anss 9rGb o sas
s aSa y %hsh sRss is
to Col. Hawiey, Mrs. Brooks said that about
twenty years ago she was engaged to q man
Ss Pain IN ds he dss lis
fortune to his sister. Annie Van Dorm, on the
cGndti1p that When o s6e married she was 70
Brooks. who was In Denver. several weeks ago,
said his wife could have had the money at Van
DS5n death heS she 50 Sesrd as
who lived in MoWhyls's Crystal Palace. over
the sangre De ,Cristo range. The detective
seSuman. who a lived a. New Carlisle fpd, VIC
wa ssSns t her shs Hy f ss
Mis-, brooks claimed while here that she had
her lawyer, and parties who live in the Arapa-
hoe street boarding house claim to have seen
Eff made and
"a csrS MSS Es Graf Fns
day she went to the bank 70 deposit the WIN
the lawyer who drew II was with th, her and
ieit IT at 6er boarding house. I bnt
TSSd da BRING She wsSs to Pueblo DAY and Tas
not been seen In Denver siace. In heE will
Mrs BFooks beaueathed SSoo9 70 E9y
to others whom she hardly knew. Her husband
cd While at her boarding house Mrs Brooke
her Kindly she wanted to leave HIS wife and two
fhSssa Ard I've With hS %hs up
with him addressed to Mrs. johanna Brooks.
This trunk was giysn to TO-. Q SIolorssd dina, man to
Mrs. Brooks was going under the name OF
Van Dorm she could not be found. Mrs.
Brooks left Denver Feb; 10 for Pueblo to meet
money. sho wrote to Col Hawley . letter
from there stating that sehaman wac there II
To her husband from the same place she bids
him farewell. and says she win soon be far
away, Brooke while here was In constant con-
eouid not tell him where his. wife was he went
homo. and from ther9 wrote letter 70 Col
was, ana Col. HaWlsy thinks that tfom that
W. ss;s sSat OgE He woman and kSF husband